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[Moros]

Both of them, in fact. They each have red turbans. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with two very similar units for the same faction though. It seems like a waste of a slot. Perhaps if the nobles carried swords instead of spears, it would be worth it.

Is there any evidence to support a sword-armed unit? I know swords are status weapons in most societies, pre-Islamic Arabia included.

The Khamis wear leather/padded armour, simple conicle helmets, bows and small to medium round shields (early period)
The Bodyguards and Nobles wear much more fancy clothes and helmets, about half wear scale armour. Bodyguards have longswords and bows, nobles bows and spears. Then there are simply archers (representing the tribal levies) and light spearmen (representing the Sabaean shab specific militia). Those are the main factional units at the moment. Though Ethiopians and some nomadic units are already in as well, which significantly diversifies their armies.

Units that top the list for the Sabaeans for the future include nomadic infantry (light archer spearmen and axemen) and trained bedouins (medium axemen, possibly with javelins). Adding camelry and later also other more exotic Arabian units (such as persian-Hellenistic-Arabian lancers, East Arabian swordsmen, Hadramawt nobles, highland warriors,...). Possibly we'll have a late khamis unit as well. These should differ quite a bit from the current ones (medium swords and oblong shields are possible).

At this point only a small selection of units could be made. The most representative ones and important ones from every branch were chosen. Spear and bow were the gladius and pila of the Sabaean army, the Khamis their legionnaires.

a comparison:



(And yes the unit card for the Khamis is a placeholder at this instant)